"Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life."

-- John French Sloan

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“The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.”
“As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.”
“I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning full of the spirit. I do believe that it comes to you.”
“Every time a cool rock chick or actress seems to respect themselves as a strong woman, I'm like, 'Yeah!' And I love them, and they're my girls. And then they start to go downhill and people aren't paying attention anymore. So they start stripping their clothes off, because that's all they have left. I swear to everything I've ever known, I will never do that”
“I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good.”
“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
“I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.”
“Our world is a college, events are teachers, happiness is the graduating point, character is the diploma God gives man.”

Source : "A Man's Value to Society: Studies in Self Culture and Character".

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